The ESO Extremely Large Telescope instrumentation programme

Suzanne Ramsay; Paola Amico; Naidu Bezawada; Michele Cirasuolo; Frédéric Derie; Sebastian Egner; Elizabeth George; Frédéric Gonté; Juan Carlos González Herrera; Peter Hammersley; Christoph Haupt; Jeroen Heijmans; Derek Ives; Gerd Jakob; Florian Kerber; Bertrand Koehler; Vincenzo Mainieri; Antonio Manescau; Sylvain Oberti; Paolo Padovani; Celine Peroux; Ralf Siebenmorgen; Roberto Tamai; Joël Vernet

doi:10.1117/12.2541400

3 January 2020 The ESO Extremely Large Telescope instrumentation programme

Suzanne Ramsay, Paola Amico, Naidu Bezawada, Michele Cirasuolo, Frédéric Derie, Sebastian Egner, Elizabeth George, Frédéric Gonté, Juan Carlos González Herrera, Peter Hammersley, Christoph Haupt, Jeroen Heijmans, Derek Ives, Gerd Jakob, Florian Kerber, Bertrand Koehler, Vincenzo Mainieri, Antonio Manescau, Sylvain Oberti, Paolo Padovani, Celine Peroux, Ralf Siebenmorgen, Roberto Tamai, Joël Vernet

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Proceedings Volume 11203, Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019; 1120303 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541400
Event: ANZCOP, 2019, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract

The ESO Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) has been in construction since 2014. In parallel with the construction of the telescope, ESO has entered into agreements with consortia in the ESO member states to build the first instruments for that telescope. To meet the telescope science goals, the ambitious instrument plan includes two instruments for first light: an optical to near-infrared integral field spectrograph with a dedicated adaptive optics system (HARMONI) and a near-infrared camera with simple spectrograph (MICADO) behind a multi-conjugate adaptive optics module (MAORY). The next instrument will be a mid-infrared imager and spectrograph (METIS). Plans to follow this first suite of instruments include a high-resolution spectrograph (HIRES) and a multi-object spectrograph (MOSAIC). Technology development is underway to prepare for building the ELT Planetary Camera and Spectrograph. An overview of the telescope and its instruments is given.

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Suzanne Ramsay, Paola Amico, Naidu Bezawada, Michele Cirasuolo, Frédéric Derie, Sebastian Egner, Elizabeth George, Frédéric Gonté, Juan Carlos González Herrera, Peter Hammersley, Christoph Haupt, Jeroen Heijmans, Derek Ives, Gerd Jakob, Florian Kerber, Bertrand Koehler, Vincenzo Mainieri, Antonio Manescau, Sylvain Oberti, Paolo Padovani, Celine Peroux, Ralf Siebenmorgen, Roberto Tamai, and Joël Vernet "The ESO Extremely Large Telescope instrumentation programme", Proc. SPIE 11203, Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019, 1120303 (3 January 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541400

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